private channels

[MiniDigger]

ac

• upload private files
• download private files
• ability to set a channel to private
• ability to add people to a private channel

open

• multiple levels of private? completely hidden vs visible but locked?

• cost? workers vs b2 api

  • seems like 1 million download urls would be 4 bucks using b2 api (hangar has 1.2m downloads rn)
  • workers (after the generous free period, is 30ct per 1 million requests + 2ct/ms for 1 million requests

research

• general discussion -> https://discord.com/channels/289587909051416579/746194024721023128/1244197929925873745
• generate signed download links using b2 api? -> https://www.backblaze.com/apidocs/b2-get-download-authorization
• proxy all downloads thru workers (and implement signing ourselves) -> https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-deliver-private-backblaze-b2-content-through-cloudflare-cdn
  • has the advantage that we could also implement download tracking here somehow? would maybe loose on external downloads, unless we redirect or proxy (more expensive?) them too? could also use legacy tracking for that (and validate in backend that its only accepted for external url downloads)
• modrinth worker https://github.com/modrinth/sisyphus/blob/master/src/index.ts

[gmitch215]

in my experience workers has better performance than B2, though I'm not sure what the experience level the team has